Quick guide to costs
Last revised April 2008
- Personal member price list
- PDFs & Photocopies - UK
- PDFs & Photocopies - overseas
- Inter-library photocopies/loans - UK
- Inter-library photocopies - overseas
- Literature searches
- Loans - Institutional member price list
- PDFs & Photocopies - UK
- PDFs & Photocopies - overseas
- Inter-library photocopies/loans - UK
- Inter-library photocopies - overseas
- Loans
- Annual Subscription - Non-member price list
The following prices are valid from 1 May 2008 - 31 March 2009. All prices are given in sterling and are subject to VAT at the current UK rate (17.5%).
PDFs & Photocopies - UK
- Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus, BMA web forms or other approved system, 36 hr service - First-class post - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus, BMA web forms or other approved system, 36 hr service - All items requested by post, fax, email - £4.00
(Commercial service - £11.65) - One hour PDF email requested by webform or fax - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - Same day posting requested by webform or fax - £6.60
(Commercial service - £14.25) - One hour faxed copy of article requested by webform or fax - £9.40
(Commercial service - £17.05) - Self-service photocopies, library reading room, per sheet - £0.15
- Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus or BMA web forms, 36 hr service - Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £4.00 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via fax, post or email - All items sent by post - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - Same day PDF email requested by webform or fax - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - Same day posting requested by webform or fax - £13.10
(Commercial service - £20.75) - Same day faxed copy of article requested by webform or fax - £18.80
(Commercial service - £26.45)
- Standard service (photocopies) - £11.10
(Commercial service - £26.10) - Standard service (loans) £15.50
- Urgent action photocopies (same day post or 24 hour fax) - £26.40
(Commercial service - £41.40) - Urgent action loans (48 hour) - £26.40
- Urgent action loans (24 hour) - £32.75
- Urgent action photocopies (2 hour fax) - £35.90
(Commercial service - £50.90)
- Standard service - £22.20
(Commercial service - £37.20) - Urgent action articles (same day post or 24 fax) - £52.80
(Commercial service - £67.80) - Urgent action articles (2 hour fax) - £71.75
(Commercial service - £86.75)
- Search on Medline - Free of charge
- Online search, bibliographic databases (up to 25 references) - £55.00
- Additional references (each) - £0.55
All book, video & dvd loans - Free of charge
Institutional member price list
The following prices are valid from 1 May 2008 - 31 March 2009. All prices are given in sterling and are subject to VAT at the current UK rate (17.5%) except book loans.
PDFs & Photocopies - UK
- Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus, BMA web forms or other approved system, 36 hr service - First-class post - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus, BMA web forms or other approved system, 36 hr service - Prepayment stamps - £3.60
- All items requested by post, phone, fax, email - £4.00
(Commercial service - £11.65) - Same day PDF email requested by phone - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - Same day posting requested by phone - £6.60
(Commercial service - £14.25) - Same day faxed copy of article requested by phone - £9.40
(Commercial service - £17.05) - One-hour PDF email requested by phone - £11.55
(Commercial service - £19.20) - One-hour faxed copy of article requested by phone - £17.45
(Commercial service - £25.10)
- Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £3.60 (Commercial service - £11.25)
For requests made via MEDLINE Plus or BMA web forms, 36 hr service - Photocopies emailed as PDF files - £4.00 (Commercial service - £11.65)
For requests made via phone, fax, post or email - All items sent by post - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - Same day PDF email requested by phone - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65) - One-hour PDF email requested by phone - £11.55
(Commercial service - £19.20 - Same day posting requested by phone - £13.10
(Commercial service - £20.75) - Same day faxed copy of article requested by phone - £18.80
(Commercial service - £26.45) - One-hour faxed copy of article requested by phone - £34.85
(Commercial service - £42.50
- Standard service (photocopies) - £11.10
(Commercial service - £26.10 - Standard service (loans) - £15.50
- Urgent action photocopies (same day post or 24 hour fax) - £26.40
(Commercial service - £41.40 - Urgent action loans (48 hours) - £26.40
- Urgent action loans (24 hours) - £32.75
- Urgent action articles (2 hour fax) - £35.95
(Commercial service - £50.90
- Standard service - £22.20
(Commercial service - £37.20) - Urgent action articles (same day post or 24 fax) - £52.80
(Commercial service - £67.80) - Urgent action articles (2 hour fax) - £71.75
(Commercial service - £86.75)
- Book loans - £3.60
- Video & DVD loans - free of charge
- Commercial service - £690.00
- Public sector - £75.00
- Film & video only - £75.00
- Charities (small, single issue medical charities) - £55.00
Non-member price list
All prices are given in sterling and are subject to VAT at the current UK rate (17.5%). Payment in advance is required for all transactions by credit card.
Readers' tickets
- Day readers' ticket - £15.00 (VAT not charged)
PDFs
- Photocopies emailed as PDF files for requests made by BMA website (36 hr) - £6.00
(Commercial service - £13.65)
- Minimum charge £126.70
- Per hour - £127
- Per day (from) - £792